‎There's no way to cheat a sensualist like me, somebody who can die laughing for hours over the pattern of the carpet in a hotel lobby.

The worst takes its time to come, and then to pass.

For me, places have a tremendous impact. I fall in love with places. All of life seems different in different places.

….it was a brave man’s fear. I knew what he meant. What must a brave general feel when he knows the battle has gone against him and nothing remains but death?

Maybe a new religion will rise now. Maybe without it, man will crumble in cynicism and selfishness because he really needs his gods.

Artists are meant to be madmen, to disturb and shock us.

You look good to me, you damnable little devil, good to embrace and good to love.